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Report: NBA might allow players to opt out of season’s restart
Not all NBA players are thrilled about the league's plan to restart action in a central Florida "bubble," ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday. As a result, the league and the National Basketb...
Jun 11, 2020
Red Sox confirm past racist incidents at Fenway
The Boston Red Sox, the last team in Major League Baseball to integrate, owned up to another ugly chapter in the their past on Wednesday. Former All-Star outfielder Torii Hunter recently said in an ES...
Jun 11, 2020
Blazers founder/GM Glickman dies at 96
Portland Trail Blazers founder and longtime general manager Harry Glickman died Wednesday at age 96. The cause of death was not included in the team's announcement. Glickman, with backing from Herman ...
Jun 11, 2020
Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium workers went months without pay: Amnesty
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - A Qatari company helping build a 2022 World Cup stadium has been banned from the event's projects after its labourers went unpaid for months, organisers said on...
Jun 11, 2020
Collins slams Djokovic’s U.S. Open concerns over COVID-19 protocols
MUMBAI (Reuters) - American tennis player Danielle Collins has hit out at men's world number one Novak Djokovic for his opposition to the COVID-19 protocols proposed by the U.S. Open organisers, sayin...
Jun 11, 2020
Motor racing: McLaren’s Norris loses followers for support of BLM protests
(Reuters) - Formula One driver Lando Norris for McLaren says he lost followers on social media after expressing his support for anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarme...
Jun 11, 2020
On this day: Born June 12, 1983: Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - If ever a player mirrored the speed and agility of the Springbok it was surely South Africa wing Bryan Habana, who would forge a reputation as one of rugby's all-tim...
Jun 11, 2020
LeBron James backs effort to prevent U.S. black vote suppression
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is starting a group with other black celebrities to work to prevent the suppression of the African-American vote, a person familiar...
Jun 11, 2020
New Zealand Olympic Committee supports athletes’ right to speak up amid racism protests
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has told its athletes they should speak openly about social and political issues, especially those involving racism, as calls to change ...
Jun 10, 2020
Golf: Villegas playing with heavy heart after daughter diagnosed with tumours
(Reuters) - Four-time PGA Tour winner Camilo Villegas has said his 20-month-old daughter has tumours in her brain and spine and is in her second round of chemotherapy. Villegas' daughter Mia underwent...
Jun 10, 2020
